Avalanche Forecast

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Light scattered precipitation is expected for most of the forecast period. On Thursday, 2-4mm of precipitation is forecast with strong southwest winds in the alpine and the possibility of sunny breaks. Another 2-4mm of precipitation is forecast for Thursday overnight and Friday. Afternoon freezing levels are expected to be around 1500m on both Thursday and Friday, and fall to around 1200m on Saturday. A dry period is currently forecast for Friday night with the next pulse of light precipitation on Saturday.

No recent avalanche observations have been reported in the region but there is likely enough snow for avalanches above around 1700m. Wind loaded features are expected to be the primary concern right now but due to the lack of observations, we cannot yet issue avalanche problems or danger ratings. If you are out in the mountains, please send us your observations and help us improve the forecast.

Early season snowpack observations are still very limited in the region but the threshold for avalanches is expected to have been exceeded at treeline and in the alpine. The storm snow from last weekend was reported to be around 25cm in the Lizard and 15-25cm in Kananaskis Country. K-Country is also reporting wind affected surfaces in wind-exposed terrain which is probably the same in the South Rockies. In the Lizard, the snowpack is reported to be below threshold for avalanches below 1700m.